Where Does Katharine Get This Tripe From?
According to Katharine Hayhoe, there has been a 50% increase in precipitation in the Northeastern United States.
Not according to NOAA, Katharine.
In her interview with Yale 360, Katharine tells us :-
The Northeast is particularly vulnerable to heavy precipitation events, not just rainstorms, but snowstorms. We’ve already seen a 50-percent increase in precipitation in the Northeast. It’s very vulnerable to flooding; there have been an enormous amount of flooding events in the Midwest and Northeast.
A simple check with NOAA confirms this claim is not true.
NCDC / Climate At A Glance / Climate Monitoring / Search / Help 
Annual Precipitation
Northeast Region
Annual 1895 – 2010 Data Values:
Annual 1901 – 2000 Average = 41.08 Inches
Annual 1895 – 2010 Trend = 0.47 Inches / Decade
There has been an increasing trend, but since 1895 the rate of increase of 0.47” per decade equates to about 12%. No matter where you cherry pick a starting point, you don’t get much more than this figure. Katharine seems to be making a habit of making statements that cannot be substantiated.
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
lol, she’s probably measuring from 1965. She’s a funny girl.
It is very important in Climate “Science” to carefully pick your dates!
I was ready for that one , James!!
From 1965 it works out at 1.34″ per decade, i.e about 15%.(But from 1966 it only = 1.09″ – just shows how big a difference cherry picking makes).
You need a lot more practice before you can become a warmist!
2001 ~865mm, 2002 ~1290mm
Result: 50% increase.
Ta da!